David Cameron is warning that Britain's debt crisis is worse than he realised and the cuts needed to tackle it will affect everyone in the country. The government is scrapping Labour's "bin tax" plans . And does it matter that less than a quarter of MPs are women?

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0709 The government wants to get us to recycle more rubbish by rewarding us instead of punishing us. Waste management expert Professor Chris Coggins outlines his views on
making refuse collection greener.

0744 Nine-month old twin girls are in a "serious but stable condition" after a fox apparently attacked them inside their home on Saturday night. Reporter Philippa Young gives details of the incident and urban wildlife expert John Bryant
comments on the rarity of such an event.

0746 Thought for the day with the novelist and columnist Anne Atkins.

0749 In his speech later today, the Prime Minister will warn that the public finances are even worse than expected forcing him to take "momentous decisions". Economics editor Stephanie Flanders explains the appeal of G20 urging countries to get their public finances under control. Economist and Labour peer Lord Desai and Eamonn Butler, of the Adam Smith Institute,
discuss the effectiveness of spending cuts.

0810 The government is scrapping Labour plans to make householders in England pay for throwing out too much rubbish. Instead, it wants councils
to offer people rewards to recycle more of their waste.
The Local Government's Garry Porter supports a new bin scheme but Big Brother Watch's Alex Deane says it solves nothing.

0824 It has been 40 years since the Kent State University shootings in America. The protest epitomised the anti-war movement on a scale that no longer exists. Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge talks to
one of those who witnessed the killings,
Jerry Casale, who would later found one of the earliest electro pop bands, Devo.

0841 Sri Lankan government says normality is now returning to its northern regions, more than a year after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. Reporter Stephen Sackur assesses
whether the government is delivering
on its promise of reconstruction and reconciliation in the area.

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